B&O midget electric
Feb 1, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

B&O midget electric

Baltimore & Ohio box-cab electric No. 10 shifts cars on the constricted trackage near the Baltimore waterfront in September 1949.…

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Train time at Wilmington, N.C.
Jan 31, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Train time at Wilmington, N.C.

Several baggage carts stand ready to receive mail and express as an Atlantic Coast Line train backs into the Wilmington,…

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Narrow gauge in paradise
Jan 29, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Narrow gauge in paradise

Consolidation No. 22 of the Oahu Railway & Land Co. has a freight train from Honolulu in tow as it…

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N&W Pacific on a local train
Jan 28, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

N&W Pacific on a local train

Norfolk & Western 4-6-2 No. 578 crosses Bull Run with Bluefield–Norton, Va., train 5 on May 27, 1952. The Pacific…

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Santa Fe’s new and old bridges
Jan 28, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Santa Fe’s new and old bridges

During 1942–44, the Santa Fe replaced its 1890 through-truss bridge over the Colorado River with a higher-level deck-truss span. Sets…

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Cincinnati Union Terminal 0-6-0
Jan 28, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Cincinnati Union Terminal 0-6-0

By September 1954, Cincinnati Union Terminal’s original 0-6-0 switchers were stored, supplanted by Lima and EMD diesels. Here CUT No.…

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Pacific Electric “Blimps”
Jan 26, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pacific Electric “Blimps”

Three of Pacific Electric’s big interurban cars, known as “Blimps” for their great size, lay over at Long Beach circa…

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Action at Aurora
Jan 25, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Action at Aurora

At the Burlington Route’s station in Aurora, Ill., on a February 1946 day, Pacific 2850 pulls away from a string…

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Wabash’s Banner Blue
Jan 24, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Wabash’s Banner Blue

Hudson type 706 leads the Wabash’s Chicago–St. Louis Banner Blue through Chicago Ridge, Ill., in August 1948. The train retained…

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A rare 0-10-2 Union type
Jan 24, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

A rare 0-10-2 Union type

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 605 simmers at Proctor, Minn., on a September 1954 night. She’s a rare 0-10-2, of…

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